Kingfisher Airlines Crashes From The Skies

Kingfisher Airlines Airbus A330

Kingfisher Airlines has received, in recent years, consecutive global awards from the SKYTRAX World Airline Awards committee.  However today on this remarkable date of 12.12.12 seven of its aircraft  were seized by Mumbai international airport.  Payments of around 6 Million pounds sterling in total are owed.  All aircraft operated by Kingfisher have been grounded since October 1st 2012.  There are huge problems in the Airline industry which recently saw another major airline the Scandinavian SAS also escape bankruptcy by the skin of its teeth.

We have to ask ourselves whether the business model related to this industry is broken.  There is a long list of collapsed Airlines and we have all but exhausted the capacity of many Airports!  Where is this all headed?

As business travelers we look forward to any comments that could add to our understanding of the problems.

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From Platinum with Air France which took 10 years to achieve back to Ivory in less than 5 months! Frequent Flying pays if you fly frequently!

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Please Step Aside – I AM A FREQUENT FLYER:  The Trials & Tribulations of 21st Century Air Travel

This book by Anthony Smith-Chaigneau & Richard (Rick) J. Smith (with a Foreword by Richard Quest, CNN) looks at the trials and tribulations of Business Air Travel from a passenger perspective. It also highlights the evolution and change that has befallen the industry since Stelios (Easy Jet) and Michael (Ryan Air) took up the mantle of Budget Airline Kings, and unscrupulous individuals attempted to explode their shoes and underpants for the greater evil that is today’s terrorism. Most of all the book looks at the ludicrous rules, situations and systems that we as humans have put in place in and around the Airline Industry eco-system. As a veteran traveller or perhaps just a rookie starting out in a career that requires traveling to various locations (par avion) this book will offer you many things, however it is not a guide on how to get MORE Air Miles. If you are the seasoned Frequent Flyer it will hopefully awake dormant emotions, highlight your many foibles and release many empathetic anecdotes as you recognize the situations we describe. It might, if you think you are the King of the Skies, make you think a little deeper as you swan around the world demanding your rite of passage with little respect or regard to others around you. As a novice it is a good manners guide par excellence – Please Enjoy.

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